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Make good obligations at the end of a commercial lease shouldn’t cost you your bond, time or landlord relationship. Get a quote from National Make Good Solutions and see how we can get your space back up to scratch, and fast-track your next move.
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The End-of-Lease Make Good Partners Your Project Needs
We’re National Make Good Solutions, or NMGS, the make good services experts who Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Australia-wide tenants and landlords call when a commercial lease needs to be on time and negotiated in their favour.
As a registered commercial builder with over 50 years’ combined industry experience and CM3-accredited safety systems, we manage office make goods, warehouse make good services and industrial de-fits nationally, from scope negotiation through to landlord sign-off.
We’re Australian-owned and family-run, which is why we work around your site instead of the other way around, staging jobs to keep your business operating and negotiating scope in your favour rather than the landlord’s.
What Is an End of Lease Make Good?
End of lease make good is your contractual obligation to hand a commercial or industrial property back in the condition your lease requires, exactly as set out in the make good provision in your lease.
That usually means:
- Removing fitouts (partitions, furniture and custom installations)
- Reinstating services (electrical, plumbing and HVAC to original spec)
- Repairing surfaces (holes, damaged walls and flooring)
- Repainting to a neutral finish, and a full clean, including carpets and windows.
Some landlords want a full restoration; others accept a broom-clean handover. Get this wrong, and you risk a bond dispute or a hefty landlord invoice after you’ve already handed back the keys, so know which one applies before you budget or book a moving date.
Professional Make Good Services That Remove the Hassle
We plan and manage your entire project, providing high-end commercial property maintenance Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane landlords rely on. With NMGS, your project is kept simple, consistent, on-budget and on-schedule.
CORE
DRILLING
Cutting through concrete, brick and masonry for structural work
RACKING DISMANTLE AND REMOVAL
Warehouse racking inspected, dismantled, removed and delivered
ELECTRICAL
WORK
Installation, testing, maintenance and repair
Line Marking and Removal
Added or stripped back to meet your lease
PAINTING
Crack and hole repair, then a fresh neutral finish
PLASTERING
Plasterboard, ceilings, fire rating and acoustic linings
PLUMBING
Gutters, water, gas, drainage and sewerage
Cleaning and Rubbish Removal
Full clean, carpet treatment and site clearance
Make Good, Office Stripout and Office De-fit: What's the Difference?
Commercial Stripout
Stripout means removing every fitout, fixture and fitting, back to shell condition. It’s usually the first phase when your lease requires a full restoration.
Commercial De-fit
De-fit is more selective. We remove specific items while keeping others in place, based on your lease or what we negotiate with your landlord.
Commercial Make Good
The overarching obligation, which includes stripout or de-fit plus repairs, painting, cleaning and service reinstatement to meet your lease.
Whatever you require to get your bond back and make your next move, NMGS is here to help.
How We Manage Your Make Good Services, Start to Finish
One point of contact for every commercial make good, from quote to landlord sign-off.
- Scope and negotiate – we review your make good provision and negotiate the scope down wherever we can.
- Plan and schedule – a fixed program of works, agreed before anyone picks up a tool.
- Deliver – demolition, repairs, painting and cleaning, in the right order, on your timeline.
- Sign-off – we walk the site with your landlord or agent, so there are no surprises at handover.
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FAQs About Make Good, Stripout & Defit Services
Do I need a full office de-fit at the end of my lease?
It depends on your make good provision. Some leases require a full de-fit back to bare floors and walls, others allow you to leave fitouts in place if the landlord agrees. We review your lease and negotiate with your landlord to cut back unnecessary de-fit work wherever we can.
Who pays for office make good work?
Unless your lease says otherwise, the tenant pays. That said, cost can often be negotiated: some landlords absorb works that benefit the next tenant, others offer a contribution for early exit, and sometimes an incoming tenant takes over your fitout. We negotiate this on your behalf before work starts. Read more about how much a commercial make good costs.
What's included in a make good service?
Typically: removing partitions, fitouts and cabling, patching walls and floors, reinstating electrical and plumbing, painting, carpet treatment or removal, and a full clean and rubbish removal. Industrial make goods often add racking removal, floor sealing and line marking removal. We confirm the exact scope against your lease before we start.
Do you only work on large-scale commercial lease make good projects?
No, NMGS works with any scale project to return your commercial space to original condition and to meet your end-of-lease obligations.
How long does a make good take?
It depends on scope, but timeframes are usually shorter than tenants expect. A full stripout takes longer than a selective de-fit, and live-site work adds staging time. As a guide, we completed a full-site make good across 28,000 square metres for a Mondelez warehouse in just 10 weeks. We’ll give you a firm program of works once we’ve scoped your site and lease requirements, not a vague estimate.
Can you work around our day-to-day operations?
Yes. We schedule disruptive work outside business hours, set up safe zones, and stage the job so you keep access to what you need. It’s how most of our warehouse and office make goods run, without shutting your business down or your team scrambling for a plan B.